Air Algerie Flight AH5017 Disappears From Radar

 Another Sad Event occurs as Air Algerie flight carrying 116 people from Burkina Faso to Algeria's capital disappeared from radar early Thursday, according to the the plane's owner.

Air navigation services lost track of the Swiftair MD-83 roughly 50 minutes after takeoff from Ougadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, at 9:55 p.m. EDT Wednesday, the official Algerian news agency said. That means that Flight 5017 had been missing for hours before the news was made public.

Swiftair, a private Spanish airline, said the plane carrying 110 passengers and six crewmembers – including two pilots and four cabin staff -- departed Burkina Faso for Algiers at 9:17 p.m. EDT Wednesday, but had not arrived at the scheduled time of 1:10 a.m. EDT Thursday.

Swiftair said it was unable to make contact with the plane.